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The Adaptive Mind: How AI Changes the Way Clinicians Think

Ted Faneuff, LCSW, MBA
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Learning Objectives

Participants will be able to:

  • Describe how cognitive offloading and automation influence memory, reasoning, and reflective practice in clinicians and trainees.

  • Identify risks associated with intuitive drift and overreliance on AI-generated insights in clinical decision-making.

  • Apply methods for utilizing AI-generated outputs as reflective scaffolding to enhance supervision, metacognition, and professional development.

  • Develop strategies to maintain cognitive hygiene and ethical awareness while integrating AI tools into clinical and training contexts.

Educational Goal

The educational goal of this program is to equip mental health professionals with a framework for understanding how AI alters clinical cognition, reflection, and judgment. Participants will learn how to intentionally integrate AI tools in ways that preserve curiosity, intuition, and ethical responsibility while strengthening reflective practice.

Description

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping clinical practice—not only how clinicians document sessions, but how they think, remember, and reflect. This workshop explores how AI-assisted tools influence cognitive processes such as reasoning, intuition, and meaning-making in psychotherapy. Participants will examine the risks of cognitive offloading and “intuitive drift,” while learning strategies to use AI as reflective scaffolding rather than a substitute for professional judgment. Emphasis is placed on maintaining curiosity, cognitive hygiene, and ethical awareness. The session introduces the concept of the adaptive mind: a clinician who partners with AI intentionally to strengthen, not diminish, reflective depth and clinical expertise.

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professional
  • Counselor
  • Marriage & Family Therapist
  • Psychologist
  • Social Worker

Presenters

Ted Faneuff, LCSW, MBA
Ted Faneuff, LCSW, MBA is the Head of Clinical Operations at Upheal, a leading AI-powered mental health solutions platform. As a licensed clinical social worker with an extensive background in both mental health practice and operational leadership, Ted specializes in the ethical integration of AI into clinical workflows. With expertise in compliance, data privacy, and therapist-centered AI adoption, he is dedicated to ensuring that technology enhances, rather than compromises, therapeutic integrity.

Financially Sponsored By

  • Upheal